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Poultry YarJ.
THE LIGHT BRAHMA.
An Article on the Merits of the B.cad -
A General Purpose Fowl.
BY R. T. CAMERON.
The Light Brahma may well be
called the shorthorn of the poultry
yard, for it is the beef breed, if one
may use the expression, among all
breeds of poultry; no other variety
is known to equal it in weight.
The comparisou might well be car
ried still further; for while the
shorthorn is a beef cattle of the
highest type, many strains of the
breed are deep milkers. So, too,
the Light Brahma is an example of
productiveness in two directions,
for it furnishes both a large frame,
well covered with flesh, and a large
number of eggs as well; for while
it is generally considered that large
size and and abundant feathering
are likely to be at the expense of
egg production, it is certainly a fact
that a Light Brahma hen will lay a
large number of eggs in a year if
rightly managed. It is just here
that the trouble usually arises.
Comparatively few people under
stand how to care for a flock of
Brahmas so as to get the best re
sults from them.
Like nearly all the Asiatics, this
breed is naturally somewhat indo
lent, and inclined to lay on flesh,
two points which, if not guarded
against, will be sure to injure the
egg production. Give a flock of
Brahmas all they will eat three
times a day and you may whistle
for your eggs —but the Brahmas
won't lay them. They will straight
way proceed to get fat and lazy,
and their eggs will be few and far
between, and will, moreover, be
very unfertile if one wishes them
for incubating purposes. Now it
does not follow that Brahmas must
be starved in order to keep them
laying —that would result in great
er disappointment. They must be
cared for in a way to make them
exercise vigorously and still have
plenty to eat. This may be ac
complished by not feeding all the
hens desire in the morning; and
then, by feeding a little grain in a
heap of litter, keep the flowls
scratching all day long. At night
one may safely give them all they
can eat of egg-producing foods and
send them to their roosts. Treated
this way I have had Light Brah
mas lay very nearly as well as Leg
horns, which are so productive of
eggs as to be called veritable i{egg
machines." A Brahma must be
RANCHK AND RANOK.
made to work, where a Leghorn
would work of its own accord, ow
ing to its more nervous tempera
ment. Being so well protected with
feathers, and having a low pea
comb, with a vigorous constitution,
the Brahma is well equipped to fur
nish eggs in winter, when they are
highest and in most demand for
home consumption. The lighter
and less heavily feathered breeds
often suffer from the cold, and cease
egg producing entirely. Brahma
chicks are hardy from the first, and
grow rapidly when judiciously fed.
Brahma pullets have been got to
laying in five months and eight
days from hatching, which is some
thing almost phenomenal, consider
ing the size of the breed, though it
is to be confessed that this early lay
ing of Brahma pullets must be ever
at the expense of size. An early
laying strain of this breed must of
necessity be smaller than the aver
age Brahma. These birds have
greatly improved since they were
known as Brahma-Pootras. Their
once long, ungainly limbs have been
shortened, they are more compact
and handsomer in shape, while in
plumage they are well nigh the
most beautiful of all fowls —their
white coats set off with black tails,
and hackles heavily tipped with
black. The wings appear white
when folded, but show much black
when spread, while the undercolor
of the feather should be dark if the
distinct black points are to be pre
served in breeding. Perhaps the
best way for making light Brahmas
return the largest profit on the farm
is to hatch the chicks early —in
February and March —and sell the
cockerels for roasters in June, when
the price for such poultry is high.
The pullets should be laying by
October i, and shold lay steadily all
winter. I think no breed of fowls
average so large eggs as the Brah
ma, and they are also very uniform
in shape, adapting them to a fancy
market trade.
Ottumwa, lowa.
He who puts the finest product
on the market reaps the richest re
ward. Eggs are refined wheat,
corn and grass, and they contain
much that on the farm would go
to waste. In winter a good basket
of eggs will bring more than a load
of hay it took a large patch of grain
to grow, a team to cut, a horse and
man to rake, two men to stack and
a team, man and wagon to market.
Lice and warm weather are pretty
apt to come together, and the dust
bath must be provided.
DIRECTORY.
Tliirly-five words or loss in this deptiit
ment, t">o cents each insertion. One year,
$12.00, and the paper f.ee.
ErKS- Finest strains of H. P. Rocks, White
and Bull' Wyandottes. Kggs. #2 for lij. A few
breeders left. W. L. Long. Marshfield. Mis
souri 7-12t
Thoroughbred Collie pups. Richest breed
ing for poultry or pigeons. Appleton Poultry
Co., Appleton, Win. 7-8t
Buff l.ejrhorws for sale. Arnold strain.
Pen No. llieaded by a son of Keystone J>oy
scoring !):!, mated to twelve hens and pullets
scoring !t.! to 89. Kggs. $2 for 15 or $3.50 for ;«).
Joe W. Davis. 65 West Hill street, Wabash.
Indiana. 7-12t
Peter Stohry, .Shelbyville, Indiana, box
711, breeder of RUck Minorca*. Hose Comb
Brown Leghorns, While Plymouth Rocks.
Eggs, -fl ")<) a sitting- A few good Hose Comb
Brown Leghorn Cockerels for sale. Enclose
stamp for reply. "Tim
Ring Neck English Pheasants for sale.
Beautiful plumage and profitable; write your
wants. Enclose stamp for reply. Thirteen
Eggs. Si. J. O. Zimmerman. VVilshire. Ohio.
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
Eggs for hatching, $1 per 13.
PIT GAnES=-Have a few settings
from my winning stock.
Esrgs. 18.00 per 1&
J. B.Webber, 1717 "sVa^fJi'sh.
D. H. DWIGHT,
Barrel Plymouth Roots Exclnsively,
The Essex Strain. Mated by Felch. I took
more premiums at Spokane, '1)7. than any
other exhibitor of U. P. It. A few prize hens
12 months old for sale cheap. Correspond
ence solicited. Satisfaction guaranteed.
1905 Pacific Aye., - Spokane, Wash.
Liftchild & Everett's
PEERLESS LIGHT BRAHMAS
The very Beat in the West.
Eggs reduced for balance of the season to
$5.00 per dozen. Sknd yon Cikcuj,ak.
P. O. Box 1740, Spokane, Wash.
White Plymouth Rocks Exclusively
Took all prizes but one in their class at
Spokane Poultry .Show. '97.
EGGS, «2.ooper setting; 3 settings, fs.oo,
Hazelwood Dairy Co., Spokane.
All About Hens!
The Pacific Poultryman
Harry E£. Oolliier ZEcLitor.
50 CENTS PER YEAR.
Send 2-cent stump for sample copy. Ta
coma, Wash. Mention Kanche and Range.
HOME NURSERY
W. G. WHITNEY, Proprietor.
Fruit and ornamental trees, garden and
(lower seeds, bulbs, etc. Cut this advertise
ment out, send to address together with ord
er for not less than $1.00 worth of stock and
receive 2f>c additional in seeds, bulbs or trees.
Mrs. A.E.Sayer, Agt. Spokane Wash.
R. S. MORGAN,
General Commission Dealer.
A specialty made of handling all kinds of
farm and orchard products. Special facili
ties with eastern houses lor disposing of
fresh fruits.
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